Japanese Approved Officials Take Control of Hopei Province
The Associated Press reports non Japanese quarters in Tokyo view Hopei in China as added to Japan sphere of influence. Army action with lukewarm Tokyo government support. Simultaneous clashes on Manchoukuan border kill a Russian cavalry sentry. Hopei to remain nominally Chinese but serve as buffer between Manchoukuo and China.
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Tokyo
Hopei
China
Japan
Moscow
North
Manchoukuan
Manchoukuo
North China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hopei Province
Vanderbilt Explorer at 20 Engaged to Miss Parsons
George Vanderbilt heir to 30 million estate and famed hunter, aged 20, becomes engaged to Lucille M Parsons of West Orange New Jersey. Engagement announced by her parents. Vanderbilt has led two expeditions to Panama and Africa and will turn 21 in September. He returned from Africa last March after a ten month trip with wildlife film and 5 000 snakes 15 000 insects and 10 000 birds collected. Parsons debuted in society two years ago and is an accomplished golfer and horsewoman.
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New York
George Vanderbilt
Lucille M. Parsons
West Orange
N. J
Africa
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science
Miss Parsons
Hemsley to Indians in Browns offer
Cleveland on June 11 reported by Rogers Hornsby that the St. Louis Browns offered about 30000 dollars in cash plus pitcher Thornton Lee and catcher Bill Brenzel for catcher Rollie Hemsley. The deal, aimed at bolstering the Indians batting, awaits Phil Ball estate approval.
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Cleveland
Rogers Hornaby
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Thornton Lee
Bill Brenzell
Rollie Hemsley
Phil Ball
Browns
State tax receipts climb to 146 thousand in May
Annapolis reports clerks processed a mass of mail as May returns for the one per cent gross receipts tax and automobile titling tax rose to 146027.04 dollars. About 14000 more reports remain to be handled as of June.
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Annapolis
Trio Held In Safe Robbery At Earl L Brewer Plant
Israel Dodson and Clyde Combs were arrested on warrants linked to the safe robbery at the Earl L. Brewer potato chip plant last week. Emmett Jones was jailed on a similar charge with $1000 bond. The 500 pound safe was moved from the office and found battered along the Middlebury pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Dodson
Clyde Combs
William Peters
John Divine
Earl L. Brewer
Emmett Jones
Brewer
Middlebury Pike
Minister Sails 27 Miles to Convert Clark Gable
Hollywood reports Rev. Samuel Williams of Hopedale Ohio heads for Catalina Island to seek evangelism for Clark Gable. Williams says inspired by a woman's vision he believes there is hope for the actor while conceding some fans doubt. The trip spans three weeks aboard the ocean voyage.
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Hollywood
Samuel Williams
Hopedale
Ohio
Clark Gable
Catalina Island
Williams
Gable
Clark
Metro-Gold
Night clerk helpless as entertainer shot in Chicago hotel
Chicago June 11 a red haired night club entertainer Miss Cecilia Venable was shot dead in her hotel room after two men forced the helpless night clerk to admit them. The men, calling one Tony, ordered the clerk to lead them to the victim and fled when police were summoned.
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Chicago
North Side
Cecilia Venable
Butte
Mont
Harry Keeney
Keeney
Tony
Jack Williams
House Committee Backs Higher Gift And Inheritance Taxes
A survey by the House ways and means committee shows 14 of 25 members favor an inheritance and gift tax expansion if President Roosevelt proposes it. Three potential tax bands are discussed, with possible rates from 4 percent on large gifts to around 63 percent on very large estates, though no specific rates are set.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Capitol Hill
Morgenthan
Senate Finance Committee
Ann
Oxygen and acetylene tanks stolen from Myers Auto Wrecking
A tank of oxygen and one of acetylene were stolen yesterday or over the weekend from the Myers Auto Wrecking Company lot located at Jonathan and North streets. The incident is under investigation.
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Myers Auto Wrecking Company
Jonathan and
North Streets
New Jersey approves 2 percent sales tax to start July 1
Governor Harold G Hoffman signed a bill establishing a two percent sales tax in New Jersey. The levy takes effect on July 1, with state officials outlining revenue use and enforcement. The move marks a major fiscal policy change anticipated to fund public services.
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Trenton
N. 13
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Police to name killer in Buchanan slaying
State's Attorney Ingram said warrants will name the killer or killers of 80 year old David L. Buchanan whose skull was crushed in his Buchanan rooming house. He indicated one suspect is in custody and another man is being sought nationwide as police press pending admissions.
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David L. Buchanan
Martin L. Ingram
Peter
Buchanan
Williamsport fixes tax rate at 55 cents per hundred
The Burgess and Commissioners set the annual tax rate at 55 cents per $100, unchanged from last year. Taxable basis rose slightly to just over $2,000,000. Officials said the town’s finances are sound after debts were paid and announced street repairs will begin soon with permanent resurfacing planned after the sewerage system is completed.
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Burgess and Commissioners
Williamsport
Cement Plant Resumes Work at North American Cement
The North American Cement Corp plant at Security resumed operations yesterday after a suspension since early May while a new labor agreement is negotiated between workers and the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Cement Corp
Security
Dentist reports theft by teen patient in Understudy Chicago
Dr Harry L Pevsner reported that Glen Lint 17 sought to trade teeth for gold during visits, with $150 in gold taken. Lint was sentenced yesterday to 60 days in jail.
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Chicago
Harry L. Pevsner
Glen Lint
Pevsner
Glen
Bishop Abbott declines Grace and St. Peter's rectorate
In Lexington on June 11, Rt. Rev. H. P. Almon Abbott, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, said he would decline an invitation to become rector of Grace and St. Peter's Church in Baltimore and will remain head of his current diocese.
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Lexington
H. P. Almon Abbott
Episcopal Diocese
Episcopal Church of Grace
St. Peter's
Baltimore
Abbott
Kidnap Suspects Sought, Westwide Manhunt Mounted
Federal and local officers and deputized citizens pressed a large scale search across the west for William Mahan and accomplices in the $200,000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping. House to house hunts in Butte and Needles area. sightings at Dayton Pasco Las Vegas and other sites prompt manhunt.
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Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Butte
Mont
Washington
William Mahan
Needles
Calif
California
Mahan
Dillon
Dayton
Pasco
Nevada
Arizona
Las Vegas
Nev
Emmett Shay
San Bernardino County
Boulder City
Colorado River
Nipton
Harmon M. Waley
Accused Denies Part In Plot In Maryland Case
In Rockville Maryland on June 11 John M Boland one of four men charged with Mrs Anne Lyddane in a plot to kill her husband and another woman testified he did not participate in any death plot or plan to kill Francis Slim Lyddane or Mrs Arthur Beall He said he signed a confession only because jail conditions were cold and there seemed no chance of freedom Experts testified a note to one of the men indicating involvement with Mrs Lyddane was written on her typewriter during the proceeding
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Rockville
John M. Boland
Anne Lyddane
Boland
Lyddane
Francis
Slim) Lyddane
Arthur Beall
Journey's End: Brooklyn youths abandon voyage to Hollywood
Nine youths aged 12 to 15 fled toward Hollywood but halted at the Hudson River after spending the night along the Brooklyn waterfront. Found by two policemen, they agreed to return home. The group claimed they wished to see the world and had total resources of 31 cents.
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New York
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Hudson River
Father Hehir, Duquesne’s founding leader, dies at 80
Very Rev. Martin A. Hehir president emeritus of Duquesne University died in a Pittsburgh hospital at 80 after a stomach illness. He guided Holy Ghost College from a small seminary to a large university and had retired recently as superior at Ferndale seminary in Norwalk Connecticut.
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Pittsburgh
Holy Ghost College
Duquesne University
Martin A. Hehir
Duquesne
Martin
Ferndale Seminary of the Holy Ghost Fathers
Norwalk
Conn
Autos collide at South Potomac crossing in Baltimore no injuries
The automobiles of Joseph N. Baker and Russell P. Summers collided at the South Potomac street Baltimore and Ohio crossing about 9 Weleck last evening but no one was injured.
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Joseph N. Baker
Russell P. Summers
Potomac Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Public Square May Be Re paved Similar to East Washington
City street department engineers study paving the Public Square to echo East Washington street with a mix of concrete and macadam next to curbing. Virginia avenue from corporate limits to the railroad tracks may be a Works Progress Administration project along with northwest storm drainage and northeast sewerage completion in the city.
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East Washington Street
Street
Virginia Avenue
Norfolk & Western
Works Relief Administration
Public Square
June drop heavy on peaches and apples report
Peach and apple growers report a heavy June drop this year with unclear impact on the crops. Cherries also show losses from the drop. The early sweet cherry harvest is underway as rains hinder ripening, with a county grower noting ten bushels of Cumberland cherries picked yesterday.
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Cumberland
Hidden ransom money found near Salt Lake City in Weyerhaeuser case
Washington dispatch reports J Edgar Hoover announces recovery of 116000 of 200000 paid for George Weyerhaeuser return. 30700 buried south of Salt Lake City, linked to Harmon Waley confession. Fugitives Mahan and Waley suspected of holding or hiding rest. Waley burned 4000 of ransom. Victim identified Spokane hideout. Tacoma complaints filed against Waleys and Mahan for extortion.
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Washington
George Weyerhaeuser
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Salt Lake City
Hoover
Harmon
M Waley
William Mahan
Waley
Waleys
Spokane
Tacoma
Mahan
First Shrine Parade In Washington On June 11
The Mystic Shrine Nobles parade through Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to escort Shrinedom's imperial potentate Dana S Williams. The event is the official parade for the 61st annual conclave with a large illuminated pageant scheduled for Thursday night.
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Washington
Mystic Shrine
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dana S. Williams
Omar
Mistrial Declared After Juror Faints in Zimmerly Case
Lancaster Pa June 11 A mistrial was declared in the trial of Dr H C Zimmerly after a woman juror collapsed upon seeing clothes believed worn by the missing Gladys Lawson The defendant faces charges of performing illegal operations on two women including Mrs Lawson and 17 year old Elsie Miller of Rising Sun Md He is also accused of narcotics use and dealing with potential penalties of 10 to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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Lancaster
Gladys Lawson
H. C. Zimmerly
Zimmerly
Ice Cream Law Attacked in Baltimore Case
The Anne Arundel Ice Cream Company filed an injunction attack on the new ice cream regulatory act passed by the legislature. The company argues several provisions have no relation to the act’s object and seeks to block enforcement.
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Baltimore
Anee Arundel Ice Cream Company
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